National Stadium (Kaohsiung)

National Stadium
National Stadium
Chinese	國家體育場
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Guójiā tǐyùchǎng
Tongyong Pinyin	Guójiā tǐyùhchǎng
IPA	[kwǒtɕjá tʰìŷʈʂʰàŋ]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Kok-ka Thé-io̍k-tiûⁿ
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese	龍騰體育場
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lóngténg tǐyùchǎng
Tongyong Pinyin	Lóngténg tǐyùhchǎng
IPA	[lʊ̌ŋtʰə̌ŋ tʰìŷʈʂʰàŋ]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Lêng-thêng Thé-io̍k-tiûⁿ

National Stadium
國家體育場
Location	Zuoying, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Capacity	55,000
Surface	Grass
Construction
Opened	May 2009
Architect	Toyo Ito
Tenants
	Taipower; Tatung; Chinese Taipei national football team; Chinese Taipei national rugby union team
Website
	www.nssac.gov.tw

The National Stadium (Chinese: 國家體育場; pinyin: Guójiā Tǐyùchǎng; also named 龍騰體育場), formerly known as the World Games Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Zuoying District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is currently the largest stadium in Taiwan in terms of capacity.

Completed in 2009, it is used mostly for football matches and it hosted the main events for the 2009 World Games. The stadium has a capacity of 55,000 people. Since the conclusion of the games, the stadium has been used for some Taiwanese football team matches.^{[needs update]}

The stadium, designed by Japanese architect Toyo Ito, makes use of 1 MW of solar cells to provide most of its power needs.^[1] The stadium's semi spiral-shaped, like a dragon, is the first stadium in the world to provide power using solar power technology. The solar panels covering the vast external face of the stadium are able to generate most of the power required for its own operation, as well as additional power that can be sent to the grid.^[2]

^ "Taiwan's 2009 World Games Stadium To Use Solar Power". Solar Energy Investing. July 20, 2006. Archived from the original on Dec 17, 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
^ Takai, Hiroaki (2014). Planning outline and analysis of actual energy operational performance from completion to present in Japanese and foreign large domes and stadiums — Tokyo Dome, Fukuoka Dome, Odate Dome, Sapporo Dome, Kaohsiung Stadium (PDF). World Sustainable Building. p. 453. ISBN 978-84-697-1815-5.

[1] "Taiwan's 2009 World Games Stadium To Use Solar Power". Solar Energy Investing. July 20, 2006. Archived from the original on Dec 17, 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-01.

[2] Takai, Hiroaki (2014). Planning outline and analysis of actual energy operational performance from completion to present in Japanese and foreign large domes and stadiums — Tokyo Dome, Fukuoka Dome, Odate Dome, Sapporo Dome, Kaohsiung Stadium (PDF). World Sustainable Building. p. 453. ISBN 978-84-697-1815-5.

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